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Military mom surprises daughter at school 

Second-grader Nikole Carvajal of Meadow Elementary School thought her class was going to meet an author. Instead, she was surprised by a visit from her mom, Army Sgt. Lilibeth Contreras, who returned home after being stationed in South Korea for 14 months. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp

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